We preview the 2018 Australian GP F1 race this coming weekend - the opening salvo in the battle for the world title. We cover what's new for 2018, the difficulty for the teams to get half way around the world, the full driver lineup and the odds for who will win the race, the 2018 F1 Drivers title and the 2018 F1 Constructors title.

Richie Crampton took home the Top Fuel victory Sunday afternoon at the 49th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway. Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Tanner Gray (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are also winners in their respective categories at the third of 24 events on the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule.

Martin Truex Jr. was no match for the rest of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series field in Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway. Truex earned his first victory of the season from the pole at the 2-mile Fontana, California track, sweeping both stages en route to his 16th career series victory. It also serves as the first victory for Toyota in 2018.

Opening the season with a sensational final lap performance, Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) beat Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) to the line at the Losail International Circuit by just 0.027s. Dovizioso and Marquez pushed themselves to the final corner of the final lap - taking no prisoners. Marquez made his move through turn 15 but he was unable to make it stick, and Dovizioso led into the final corner meaning he was able to slingshot his more powerful Ducati over the line, 0.027s ahead.

Pipo Derani drove the #22 ESM Nissan to victory in the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring with a 13+ second overall win over the Wayne Taylor #10 Cadillac and the #31 Cadillac. Nick Tandy brought the 911 Porsche home first in GTLM over the #25 BMW while the #48 Lamborghini with Bryan Sellers at the wheel won in GTD.

Jean-Eric Vergne extended his lead at the top of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, narrowly edging out Lucas di Grassi in a nail-biting finish on the shores of Uruguay for the CBMM Niobium Punta del Este E-Prix. The Frenchman stood firm with persistent pressure from reigning champion Lucas di Grassi throughout the race. Despite close competition from behind in the closing stages, Vergne kept his nerve to seal victory at the scene of his first-ever race in Formula E where he made his debut for Andretti in 2014.

Beating a lap record which has stood for a decade, Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) stunned the MotoGP field to take pole position at the Grand Prix of Qatar, 0.202s ahead of his rivals with a lap time of 1.53.680. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) will line up at the Losail International Circuit in second position on the grid, as the reigning world champion was also able to lap under the record pace on his final flying stint.

by Amy HendersonIt's been 70 years since NASCAR's first race winner hoisted a trophy in Victory Lane, but it might surprise people to know that in all the years that have followed and all the thousands of drivers who have turned a lap from the dust bowls of North Carolina to the high banks of Daytona, that fewer than 200 drivers have been able to claim a victory in NASCAR's premiere series.

Martin Truex Jr. earned his second Busch Pole Award of the season and his first at Auto Club Speedway when he sped his No. 78 Furniture Row Toyota around the track at 186.567 mph in the final round of Friday qualifying. Truex, who also started on the pole last week at Phoenix, earned his 17th pole of his career. Kyle Busch qualified second in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Kyle Larson in the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, Erik Jones in the No. 20 JGR Toyota and Austin Dillon in the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet rounded out the top five.

With an expiring television deal, a departing title sponsor and the much-anticipated debut of its latest racing spec, no question about it: the Verizon IndyCar Series needed a boffo debut to the 2018 season this past weekend. And to the series’ credit, they got just that in their annual visit to the Streets of St. Petersburg. Today, AutoRacing1 will look back at all the major stories from this weekend’s Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg starting with the debut of the new car.

The new IndyCar aero kit makes the car look sleek and sexy. Drivers like the feel of the new car and it puts the driving more in their hands. IndyCar also made an upgrade to the LED panel that sits on the car, right behind the driver's head. The series has come a long way from the first panel that was taped onto the car late in the season about 4 years ago, showing the fans watching the race the running position of each car.

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